Eating Disorders Inpatient Management

This training provides you with a practice-based introduction to managing an individual with an eating disorder in a hospital setting.

This training provides relevant professional development in the area of eating disorders suitable for Medical Practitioners, Nurses, Dietitians, Psychologists and other allied health professionals.

This training consists of 3 courses; Foundations, Children & Adolescents and Adults.

This training can be completed at your own pace. The Foundations course will take approximately 1 hour to complete. The Children & Adolescent course and Adult course will each take approximately 2 hours to complete.

This eLearning training is a highly interactive online course that includes expert videos, role-plays, interactive exercises, quizzes and resources.

Learning objectives

1. Describe the function of an eating disorder
2. Identify risk factors for developing an eating disorder
3. Recognise the starvation response
4. Explain the importance of a collaborative approach to treatment
5. Explain the importance of involving carers and families in treatment
6. Describe the screening and assessment processes required for someone with a suspected eating disorder
7. Recognise the need to assess for an eating disorder when an individual presents with other mental health concerns
8. Describe the medical and nutrition treatment goals for an individual admitted with an eating disorder
9. Demonstrate ways to effectively communicate and engage with an individual with an eating disorder
10. Identify strategies for addressing challenging eating disorder behaviours
11. Recognise the need to include family and carers in the treatment and care of an individual with an eating disorder
12. Plan the transition from hospital to community care

Highlights

• Introduction to eating disorders including risk factors for developing an eating disorder, common myths and facts about eating disorders and the function of an eating disorder
• The starvation response explained
• Ambivalence about change explored with an expert video
• Effective communication strategies discussed and how to support the family and carers throughout treatment
• Screening & assessment processes highlighted with video role plays
• How to engage a young person with an eating disorder including video demonstrations
• Weighing an individual with an eating disorder using a person centred approach
• Nasogastric feeding – video of setting up nasogastric feeding as a non-negotiable
• Meal supervision explained and demonstrated
• Effective communication strategies demonstrated in role plays
• Helpful & unhelpful approaches to managing eating disorder behaviours with video role plays
• Strategies to manage distress in an individual with an eating disorder – video on emotion regulation and distress tolerance
• Elements involved in discharge preparation including support for families and carers and community treatment and services

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Every NSW Health employee is entitled to 1 free eLearning course. To find out if you are eligible please contact your local eating disorder coordinator through our support organisations page.

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